Once again my favorite characters, just chibified.
He didn't know what led him here every morning, maybe he was trying to find a way to comfort the young woman, maybe he was trying to figure a way to help the little girl. Or maybe the way the woman cried made him ask himself when he died did his mother grieve the same way this woman was now. It had to be hard losing a child, he was only eleven when he entered the soul society and that seemed to be so long ago. his heart ached as he watched the scene below him… "No mama don't, don't cry, don't cry, i'm still here… please don't cry." The young girls emotions went from sad to angry when her mother wouldn't acknowledge her rubbing her back and kissing her cheek. "Why wont you see me? I'm right here! Why don't you love me anymore? I'm not dead mama i"m right here!" she tried to force herself into her mothers arms and fell to the ground in the process. "Fine mama don't love me, see if i care anymore." She got up and ran away as fast as she could. It was the third time this week he saw the same thing, a young mother visit her daughters grave and the daughters soul trying to reconnect with her mother. Watching this hurt him, yet he was here everyday since he witnessed it the first time. Taking a mission in the real world, it would be fun. he scolded himself the only thing this place was… truly depressing. This was supposed to be a grand honor, a second year getting to do a job most soul reapers didn't get to do at all.
Today the mother wasn't here, just the little girl sitting on her grave. Her red kimono was ripped and she was barefoot. two ribbons held her blonde hair in high little pigtails. She was still rubbing her eyes when he approached her so she didn't even notice him until he spoke. "Pretty girls shouldn't cry" he smiled at her and she looked up first startled and then confused, she looked around to see who he was talking to and looked back at him when she saw no one else. "You can see me?" she asked weakly her eyes wide in surprise. he nodded "Yes i can, your names Hiyori right?" She nodded, eyeing him suspiciously. "Why can you see me, and why do you know my name? She stared at him like he was an enemy, he didn't like that look in her eye, he just wanted to help her. "Its my job ta know, and its my job to send you to a better place." "Like where" she practically cut him off. "Its the soul society, its a good place for souls like you." he looked at the remaining links on her chest, there were only five left so he had to send her soon. "if its so good then why aren't you there?" *this girl asks a lot of questions* he thought. "its my job to be here, helping souls like you." he smiled at her again hoping his answers would calm her down. "and why should i trust you?" she said raising her voice slightly this time, she didn't like that he was so close to her and she didn't like that he could see her and her mama cant. he grabbed her hand and pulled her to her feet. "now c'mon before its too late. Shinji wasn't sure what just happen, just knew his face hurt, and the small girl was crying again. "Stay away from me! i don't wanna go anywhere so leave me alone" She ran past him and left him there shocked and speechless.
*why did human food have to be so damn expensive* Shinji walked through the market trying to figure out what he was going to eat for dinner tonight. He was sick of rice and ramen but thats all he could afford, he couldn't wait to go back home to the soul society at the end of the week. He was almost ready to check out when he noticed little blonde pig tails, he followed them around the corner to make sure he just wasn't seeing things. Sure enough there she was, blonde hair, red kimono and bare feet peeking around the corner at something. He was curious so he looked where she was and there was a couple shopping, he recognized the woman as her mother and the man must of been her father. "I cant believe your trying to replace her so quickly, whats the matter with you." The man was obviously angry and the woman upset. "Its driving me crazy, i need something to hold on to, something to help me forget." The woman was wiping her tears with one hand and rubbing her stomach with the other. "You think i don't want to? she was my little girl and now she's gone, and your trying to replace her, are you going to let this one die to" the man snapped at her, making her run out of the store. The man sighed and rubbed his face and ran after her. "How'd it happen?" Hiyori whipped around and looked up at him afraid, then annoyed. "What do you want weirdo?" a vein popped in shinji's forehead, *she's awfully rude for a little girl* he thought. "Its shinji, not weirdo, ya little brat" She pushed him. "Don't call me a brat, and why do you keep following me, weirdo shinji" She balled up her fists on her side, angry that he kept showing up everywhere. "I told ya, im trying to help you" he said with a fake smile. "Well i don't want your help!" she ran away from him again. there was a mixture of sadness and fear in her eyes. She liked finally having someone to talk to, but she was afraid because he was trying to send her somewhere.
she had to get away and she had to do it now, hiyori ran down another alleyway trying to get away from the black thing with the white mask that was trying to eat her. "Go away" she screamed trying to get the monster to leave her alone. The monster screamed and knocked her into a wall. * I don't want to die again* She curled up in a ball and put her hands over her head trying to protect herself the best she could. she was starting to wonder why it didn't eat her yet when she heard her name. "Hiyori…" she looked behind her to see that weird guy shinji. He was trying to hold of the monster with a sword, but it was still slowly pushing him back towards her. "Hiyori… get up and run" the monster roared again and shinji was still trying to hold it off the best he could. "Please…" Hiyori got up and ran down another alley, leaving shinji and the hollow alone together. "You like picking on little girls huh? i'm gonna have to teach you a lesson in that." The hollow and shinji fought hard, he managed to crack the hollows mask, but shinji was beat up himself. It shot a cero at him, and when he dodged the cero the hollow got shinji in the side with his claws throwing shinji and making his sword fly out of his reach. *Shit… at least hiyori got away* he though, accepting his fate, he was to weak to get up let alone fight anymore and the hollow was getting closer every second he laid there. the hollow roared again first in delight to be able to feast on a soul reaper and then in pain, because of the sword in his already cracked mask. "You leave him alone!" Hiyori screamed, she was trying to push the sword deeper into the cracked mask, but she wasn't very strong. she pushed harder and the hollow screamed again. "i thought i told you to run away." she was still struggling with the hollow when she yelled back at him. "if i did you would would be dead stupid." the hollows mask finally cracked fully and died. *she did it…* was shinji's last thought before he passed out from blood loss.
"wake up… please" shinji thought he was hearing things until he felt something shake his shoulders. he peeked open an eye to see what was going on. *why is she crying this time?* "Shinji wake up, don't be dead cuz of me i'm already dead!" She was crying into her sleeve she didn't even notice he was staring up at her. "c'mon whats all that for" he said weakly, he sat up the pain in his side making him wince. after a lot of struggling and a little help from hiyori he was finally to his feet. "Why did you do that idiot! you almost got yourself killed!" shinji just smiled at her, "its my job ta protect you, but i'm not doing to good a job since you had ta save me." he was barely able to lift his sword enough to open the gate to the soul society. "I promise i'll do a better job of protecting ya, if you come with me. Shinji offered his hand to her but she was still hesitant. "Why do you want to protect me so much? she asked in a small voice, putting his arm over her shoulder to help support him though it didn't do much since was about a foot taller than her. "Because, you don't deserve to cry anymore." and they walked slowly through the gate leading to the soul society… *Not another tear*
Me and one of my friends were thinking up scenarios of how they might of met, this one was mine, Hiyori's around 10 here and Shinji is like maybe 13-14 i don't know still pretty young and still in training to be a soul reaper. this is just a though and just for fun.